Improved clothes-wringer



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN G. HOLMES, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED `CLOTHES-WIRINGER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,813, (latedSeptember 8, 1863; antedated January 21, 1863.

.To all w/Lom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ltEUBEN G. HoLMis, of the city ot' Worcester, countyof NVorcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new, useiul,and Improved Machine for Wringing' Clothes; and I hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction ot the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing,making a part. ot" this speciiication.

To enable those` skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

The letters A A on the drawing represent the two posts of the machine.

The letter B represents the lower or stationary roller.

The letter C represents the vupper or adjustable roller.

The letters D D represent a groove in which the boxes, as shown by E E,and. the followers, as shown by F F, vibrate.

The letters E E represent metallic boxes for bearings at each end of theroller C.

The letters F F represent followers on the boxes E E ateach end of themachine.

The letter G represents a cross-bar placed on top of the two posts A A,to which it is firmly secured at each end. i

The letters H H represent two india-rubber springs, placed over thelower spring, I, and

under the barGr at each end of the machine.

The letters I I represent two springs, the upper spring' resting uponthe followers F F. The lower spring' lie-ars up against the indiarubbersprings H H, and. both springs are secured and adjusted by a stationaryscrew in the center of the bar Gr., the screw represented by the letterJ, thus formingr a combination ot' the two springs, thereby obtaining amore equal, self-adjusting, and greater power. u

The letter J represents a stationary screw, passing through the centerot the bar G, connecting and regulating the two springs, as

REUBEN G. HOLMES.

Witnesses J onN C. GREENLEAF, y WM. GREENLEAE.

